U+1D88 "ᶈ" Latin Small Letter P with Palatal Hook Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1D88 "ᶈ" Latin Small Letter P with Palatal Hook is a specialized phonetic symbol used primarily in the International Phonetic Alphabet or in linguistic transcriptions to represent a palatalized version of the voiceless bilabial plosive sound, where the letter p is modified with a small hook trailing from its stem to indicate that the tongue is raised toward the hard palate during articulation. This character belongs to the Phonetic Extensions Supplement block, which includes various letters for precise phonetic notation in fields such as historical linguistics, dialectology, and speech pathology. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for consistent digital representation of these nuanced sounds, aiding researchers and linguists in accurately documenting and analyzing the diverse speech patterns found across languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D88
Version Added 4.1
Name Latin Small Letter P with Palatal Hook
Block Phonetic Extensions Supplement
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᶈ
HTML Hex Encoding ᶈ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xB6 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1D88
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001D88
C/C++/Java Escape \u1d88

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Lowercase Yes
Cased Yes
Script Latin
Script Extensions Latin
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break Lower